PROJECT PROPOSAL Student Negotiated Final Major Project

UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art & Design

THIS SECTION TO BE COMPLETED BY THE STUDENT

Student Name

Student Number

Adam Kingston

BMC141519876

Centre Name

Centre Number

Birmingham Metropolitan College

20313

Subject Specialism

Prop Modelling

Working Title or Theme of FMP

Katana

Number of words

Personal Tutor                                                   Course Leader

654

Chris Pearce

Signature

A.     Kingston

Date

22

02

16

Guidance

For your Project Proposal you must provide an outline brief of your Final Major Project. This brief will normally be of your own choosing. Where the brief is set by your tutor, or where you are working on a group brief (with other students) please make sure that you cover how you will respond individually to the brief and/or your individual responsibilities/contribution to the work of the group.

You should give careful consideration to producing a focussed outline brief:

Section One: What is the title of your Project? What will you work towards producing and what is your proposed end point? Explain how this relates to your work and ideas and how it extends your knowledge, understanding and creative ability.

Section Two: What are the influences, starting points and contextual references and why are they relevant to your ideas? Indicate the subject areas you intend to research and the likely sources of information including any museums, specific locations, performances, etc you plan to visit. However you should not make extensive lists in this section. Instead you should compile an accurate bibliography correctly acknowledging all references including texts, periodicals, websites and video/DVD’s etc. Enter your bibliography in the APPENDIX.

Section Three: Refer to any techniques and processes you intend to use. Describe the range of media and materials relevant to your project and how you may use them to explore and develop your ideas. Include aspects of studio practice, workshop procedures or the use of particular equipment and software etc. Provide an indicative timescale for your project and indicate the manner in which you intend to divide your time in order to investigate, develop, produce and evaluate your project appropriately. This should be a meaningful plan to you and should be personalised to your project. You may wish to write your plan as a daily or weekly schedule in which case enter your timescale in the APPENDIX.

Section Four: How will you critically review and analyse your work and determine if it is successful? How will you identify directions for ongoing development? Do you have a method to record the critical response to your ideas? How do you propose to assess the success of your Final Major Project and what will be your methods of evaluation? Unit 6 requires you to produce a supporting statement at the end of your project for your exhibition. This section can inform your analysis.

Your Project Proposal must be no less than 300 words and no more than 500 words.

SECTION ONE – The Final Major Project (guide 100 words)

For my Final Major Project, I will be designing and creating a katana which is a type of Japanese sword. I will start designing this by drawing concept designs and ideas in my sketchbook and also using Photoshop once I have an idea planned out, I will also experiment with colour to find the right colours I want to use for my final design of my katana. I will then use Maya and maybe Mudbox to create a realistic 3D model of my katana with high detail and then eventually add a custom texture that I will design myself using Photoshop.

SECTION TWO – Influences, Research, Sources and Ideas (guide 100 words)

The research I will conduct for this project will be research about katanas and how they are designed; I will use this to make my model as realistic as possible. The source I will use to conduct this search is the internet, as I feel this will provide the most information that will be helpful towards my project. I have an idea of going for a classical look with a wrapped handle but not sure about colours or other designs yet. I am also not sure about the sheath design either yet but I am going to design one along with the sword model. I want to design a katana for my Final Major Project because a katana is my personal favourite weapon of choice and I find this weapon very interesting with the way it was made/designed, also the reason why it was made the way it was, which have stated in my research. Therefore I chose to design a 3D model of a katana for my Final Major Project. By the end of this project I would like to have a highly detailed 3D model of a Katana with a custom texture and also rendered with lighting.

SECTION THREE – Techniques, Processes and Timetables (guide 150 words)

Some of the programmes I will use within this project are; Maya, Mudbox, Photoshop and maybe the Unreal Engine later in the project If I get time. Maya and Mudbox will be used to create my 3D model of my katana and also the sheath, Photoshop will be used for creating textures and also my final design, In Photoshop I will be drawing my final design using a Wacom pen and tablet to get the most accurate drawings possible, then the pen tool in Photoshop, also then using the paint brush to add the colour I have decided my katana to be.  Then later I will use Maya to render my Final piece then eventually if I have time I will try and render in the Unreal Engine, to add effects like post-processing to add realism. In Maya I will create my 3D model by using different objects like spheres, cubes and cylinders to put together and make my model. I will spend roughly 1 week on designs and drawings, then 2 weeks creating the actual 3D model, the about  1 week to create and apply a custom texture. After this I will then spend about 1 week rendering the final piece and tidying up any previous work in the project.

SECTION FOUR – Method of Evaluation (guide 150 words)

The Questions I will ask myself for the Evaluation of this project will be; What was my plan for the project? What did I want to make during this project? Was I successful in making it? What could I have done to further improve my work? And also what did I want to achieve at the end of my project and did I achieve it? Also is there anything I could have done better. Using these questions I will evaluate my project and reflect and review all my work I have created throughout the project.

APPENDIX – Use this appendix for your bibliography and/or action plan for your Final Major Project

For my research I will be using a range of references, for example I wall gather research from the internet, I will also try and take photos, I will also draw out sketches and use them for research. I will link all of these references in my bibliography.

Bibliography

Web Pages:

http://dhaka.newhorizons.com/portals/186/Images/Logos-Icons/3DSmax.png (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

http://ezinearticles.com/?Samurai-Sword-Facts&id=54775 (n.d.). (Accessed March 15^th 2016)

http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1tVbyIVXXXXchXXXXq6xXFXXXB/functional-flora-tsuba-hand-made-full-tang-carbon-steel-Practical-Katana-Japenese-Samurai-Sword-purple.jpg (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1eJ5WKVXXXXcMXFXXq6xXFXXXH/Handmade-Japanese-Samurai-font-b-Katana-b-font-font-b-Sword-b-font-1060-High-Carbon.jpg (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

http://images.nvidia.com/content/technologies/advanced-rendering/images/nvidia-iray/substance-designer-thumb-new1.png (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/artsfeng/tsuba_td02101.jpg (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

http://logonoid.com/images/v-ray-logo.png (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

http://movingsketch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/zbrush-logo-2206711-e1343003861885.jpeg (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

http://porkpiesamurai.cgsociety.org/ (n.d.). (Accessed March 25^th 2016)

http://static0.therichestimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/katana_by_nerowulf-d30fyh4.jpg (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/1/1a/Akatana.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110812051151 (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/walkingdead/images/3/3c/Katana-nagai.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130329190843 (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

http://www.boxingscene.com/martial-arts/48763.php (n.d.). (Accessed March 14^th 2016)

http://www.formwelkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photoshop-full-logo.png (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

http://www.indepthinfo.com/swords/katana-samurai-sword.php (n.d.). (Accessed March 16^th 2016)

http://www.porkpiesamurai.com/ (n.d.). (Accessed March 25^th 2016)

http://www.polygonal-design.fr/e_unfold/images/news/maya-2015-logo.png (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

http://www.retrospelsmassan.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/marmoset_logo_long_on_lightbg-1024x285.png (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/large/1d60_wd_michonnes_katana_detail.jpg (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

https://cdn2.artstation.com/p/assets/covers/images/002/492/750/large/adam-j-knight-adam-j-knight-twdfgdfgdfgdgfin-fang-katana.jpg?1462390483 (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana (n.d.). (Accessed 15^th March 2016)

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxvhjPWSwq2uuNYBbJzqLShQOWAzK1qJZQbq2fEncT-lONm5Tw90_-2Q (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

https://luxelookbook.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/gene-page-amc.jpg (n.d.). (Accessed February 23^rd 2016)

https://www.artstation.com/artist/andrew-lamb/following (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

https://www.artstation.com/artist/dergaster (n.d.). (Accessed March 24^th 2016)

https://www.artstation.com/artist/piotrnowacki (n.d.). (Accessed March 24^th 2016)

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/katana-30 (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016)

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rZ45L (n.d.). (Accessed May 2^nd 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brh1JRL9OoY (n.d.). (Accessed April 26th 2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsUU-1EiH3U (n.d.). (Accessed April 24th 2016) 

TV Programmes:

The Walking Dead. (2010). FOX. October 31^st  

Arrow. (2012). Sky1. October 10th 

MindMap

I created my mind map using Photoshop, explaining what I am going to create for my Final Major Project and different ideas that I have for the project. This mind map also has what sort of research I will do for my project and some different material that I could use for my katana.